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28 Mar 2019, 10:52 am
But Abbott has now backed a bail-reform bill that eschews best practices and instead puts his office at the center of future decisions about pretrial reform.The Houston Chronicle editorial board rightly opined that the move puts legislative reform efforts at extreme risk, but it's hardly just the governor. [read post]
5 Sep 2017, 5:48 am
There is an adequate food and water supply for both inmates and staff.'" But the Chronicle obtained emails from prisoners family members which told a different story. [read post]
29 Jan 2015, 7:36 am
The scandal isn't that a judge thinks such things, it's the fact that he voices such opinions in public settings that makes the State Commission on Judicial Conduct unhappy).Now, as the Houston Chronicle summarized the auditors' report, we learn additional critiques that more directly implicate past management, though in the context of an inherently insular and dysfunctional system. [read post]
5 Dec 2018, 11:00 am
Here are a few browser-clearing odds and ends that merit Grits readers' attention:Federal suit challenges driver surchargeNew federal civil rights litigation from the group Equal Justice Under the Law has been filed challenging Texas' Driver Responsibility surcharge, reported the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
6 Feb 2020, 12:01 pm
Here are a few odds and ends that merit Grits readers' attention:Many agencies won't disclose police misconduct to Harris DAAbout a quarter of Harris County law enforcement agencies refuse to hand over information about problem police officers to the District Attorney's office, reported Keri Blakinger, arising from the grave to issue one last Houston Chronicle story. [read post]
5 Mar 2015, 12:00 pm
Like an Austin Statesman editorial earlier this week, Chammah pins the bill's fate largely on the shoulders of Senate Criminal Justice Committee John Whitmire, a critic of the idea who recently told the Houston Chronicle, "I think at 17 you should know right from wrong. [read post]
22 Oct 2018, 12:19 pm
Not only are people revoked for testing positive for pot, many may abscond rather than come in and take a test, further contributing to unnecessary "technical" supervision revocations.Calls for marijuana reform from all quartersThis op ed in the Houston Chronicle argues that diversion programs are not enough to reduce incarceration for marijuana possession. [read post]
16 Nov 2017, 12:47 pm
Your correspondent was quoted in a page one article in the Houston Chronicle today, "Mass exodus of Texas prison guards leaves some units understaffed," about guard shortages at Texas prisons, a topic that Grits has covered for many years. [read post]
18 Feb 2016, 7:01 am
Reported the Houston Chronicle (2/16), "Michael Seiler, the Conroe judge who presided for years over the state's troubled civil commitment program for sex offenders, resigned his post Tuesday as part of a deal with prosecutors that ended a criminal investigation into a campaign mailing he sent to former jurors. [read post]
31 Aug 2016, 9:45 am
So far, the Houston Chronicle reported, "prosecutors have yet to issue any so-called Brady notices of possibly exculpatory evidence, either to defendants with pending cases or to those who already had been convicted to inform them of the problems with the evidence. [read post]
18 Jan 2018, 10:21 am
” Houston Chronicle, August 13, 2014 LGBTQ+ Communities As far back as the 1990s, license plates have been used to blackmail members of the LGBTQ community. [read post]
13 Jan 2008, 6:41 am
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11 Aug 2008, 11:33 pm
"We're in the middle of a very intense investigation," attorney Keena Greyling told the Houston Chronicle, the newspaper reported Saturday on its Web site. [read post]
27 Sep 2017, 8:40 am
— Houston Chronicle County approves $20 million home buyout program — Harris County Commissioners approved a $20 million plan for the county engineer to buy out homes affected by Hurricane Harvey. [read post]
14 Sep 2017, 6:39 am
— Houston Chronicle City Council sets hearings on proposed tax rate hike — Houston City Council set the ball rolling Wednesday on Mayor Sylvester Turner’s proposed 8.9 percent tax rate hike to help fund Houston’s recovery from Hurricane Harvey, in what would be the first hike from City Hall in more than two decades. [read post]
27 Sep 2017, 8:40 am
— Houston Chronicle County approves $20 million home buyout program — Harris County Commissioners approved a $20 million plan for the county engineer to buy out homes affected by Hurricane Harvey. [read post]
14 Apr 2010, 11:00 am
"Based on his comparison of readability, ergonomics, convenience and cost, Houston Chronicle columnist Dwight Silverman has the answer here. [read post]
8 Feb 2010, 8:51 am
Last week the Houston Chronicle released an article that revealed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is not enforcing its own standards... [read post]
11 Jun 2012, 11:59 am
Houston Chronicle: Lipman: Prospective juror objects to nosy questions ? [read post]
24 Aug 2008, 9:03 am
(See transcripts and testimony from their initial hearings.)Reacting to their recommendations issued on Friday, the Houston Chronicle ("Report advises how to prevent rapes in prison," Aug. 22) reminds us that Texas has one of the worst documented problems with prison rape of any state:Last year, an arm of the Department of Justice â€â [read post]
